Rajya Sabha

Centre says language not to be barrier in AIJS

3:42 pm March 19, 2020

New Delhi: Language will not be a barrier in the proposed All-India Judicial Service (AIJS) as the government is thinking of having four zones, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Stating that the government is making efforts to expedite setting up of AIJS, Prasad appealed to stakeholders including all high […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Cong raises issue of call data records in RS

3:14 pm March 19, 2020

New Delhi: Opposition Congress on Wednesday raised in Rajya Sabha the order of the telecom department seeking huge call data records in cities such as Delhi, saying it was tantamount to converting India into a surveillance state. Two arrested over offensive posters against UP CM, Dy CM Congress Deputy Leader in the Upper House Anand […]

IUML terms nomination of Gogoi to RS ‘national shame’

10:34 pm March 18, 2020

New Delhi: The nomination of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha is a matter of “shame for the nation”, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) said on Wednesday. Govt nominates ex-CJI Gogoi to Rajya Sabha Party’s Malappuram (Kerala) MP and national general secretary P K Kunhalikkutty, in a statement, said Gogoi’s […]

BJP’s Indu Goswami elected to RS from Himachal

10:17 pm March 18, 2020

Shimla: Former state president of the BJP’s Mahila Morcha, Indu Goswami was on Wednesday elected to Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh. Goswami, 52, was declared as elected unopposed by Himachal Pradesh Assembly secretary Yash Paul Sharma. She had filed her nomination on March 13 and the scrutiny of her papers was done on March 16. […]

Let me take oath, I will speak in detail about accepting RS nomination: Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi

6:42 pm March 17, 2020

Guwahati: Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, whose nomination to Rajya Sabha has been questioned by many parties, on Tuesday said he would speak in detail about accepting the offer of a seat to the Upper House after he takes oath. Briefly talking to reporters who went to meet him at his residence in […]